Juvenile justice
Subtitle: a social, historical, and legal perspective
By: by Preston Elrod and R. Scott Ryder
Contributors: Ryder, R. Scott
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers; Jones & Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 552
ISBN-13: 9780763762513
Description: Product Description: The juvenile justice system is a multifaceted entity that continually changes under the influence of decisions, policies, and laws. The all new Third Edition of Juvenile Justice: A Social, Historical, and Legal Perspective, offers readers a clear and comprehensive look at exactly what it is and how it works. Reader friendly and up-to-date, this text unravels the complexities of the juvenile justice system by exploring the history, theory, and components of the juvenile justice process and how they relate. Key Features: Provides current research on juvenile justice operations and effectiveness, including the most recent data available on juvenile arrest trends. Covers a wide range of topics including the relationship between social context, delinquency, and juvenile justice, efforts to deal with violent offenders, and practical and ethical issues faced by practitioners. Offers a Comparative Focus, allowing readers to understand specific practices in the U.S. compared to other countries such as Japan and New Zealand. Accomplished authors have over 40 years combined experience working in the juvenile justice system and teaching related courses.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The context of juvenile justice: defining basic concepts and examining public perceptions of juvenile crime; title: Measuring the extent of juvenile delinquency; title: Theory and research: the social context of juvenile delinquency and juvenile justice; title: Early juvenile justice: before the juvenile court; title: The development of the juvenile court; title: Public and police responses to juvenile offenders; title: Juvenile diversion; title: Preadjudication processes in juvenile justice; title: The transfer of juveniles to criminal court; title: The contemporary juvenile court; title: Community-based correctional programs for juvenile offenders; title: Institutional correctional programs for juvenile offenders; title: The status offender in juvenile justice; title: Juvenile justice and the serious, chronic, or violent juvenile offender; title: Present conditions and future directions in juvenile justice; title: Working in juvenile justice.